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30/09/2026

🎮 Call for Papers on Games & Media Literacy

The International Journal of Games and Social Impact has opened a call for papers for a special issue on games, gamification, media literacy, and critical citizenship in educational contexts.

The issue welcomes theoretical, empirical, and design-oriented research exploring how games and playable media can support critical engagement with media and address challenges such as disinformation and digital polarisation.

The special issue is guest-edited by Ana Filipa Oliveira and Marisa Mourão (CICANT), alongside João Léste (PUC-Rio) and Bieke Zaman (KU Leuven).

📅 Abstract deadline: 20 November 2026
📄 Full papers: 28 February 2027

🔗 Read the full news here: https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/37647-ijgsim-special-issue-gamification

25/09/2026

🌍 CICANT at ECREA 2026

21 CICANT researchers and PhD students took part in ECREA 2026, presenting research and chairing academic sessions across communication, culture, and technology.

The conference also saw six CICANT researchers elected to the ECREA section and working group management teams for the next two years. 👏

🔗 Discover the full news and explore the presentations and research developed by our participants:
https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/37462-cicant-researchers-and-phd-students-take-part-in-ecrea-2026

16/09/2026

📢 Call for chapters on AI Literacy, Communication & Marketing

The Applied Communication Pop-Up Lab “COM4Impact” is inviting researchers and academics to contribute to the book "Impacts of Consumer AI Literacy on AI-Generated Communications and Marketing".

The publication explores how AI literacy influences the production, interpretation, use, and evaluation of AI-generated content, with a focus on Communication, Marketing and consumer behaviour.

📅 Abstract submission deadline: 27 October 2026

🔗 More information here: https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/35432-call-for-chapters-impacts-of-consumer-ai-literacy

09/09/2026

📣 Registration is open for the Connected Generations post-conference

The “Connected Generations: Media, Communication, and Intergenerational Exchange in Contemporary Lives” post-conference will take place online on 17–18 September 2026.

The event is co-organised by several CICANT researchers through ECREA’s Children, Youth and Media Section and brings together research perspectives on media, communication, and intergenerational exchange in contemporary lives.

🗓️ Register by 12 September to attend the sessions. Read the full news to access the registration link: https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/35426-registration-open-for-connected-generations-post-conference

07/09/2026

🎬 MeDeMAP's essay receives its first academic review in a scholarly journal

In this latest edition of the Croatian academic journal Media Studies, an academic review of MeDeMAP's essay AGON: Constructions of Democracy was published.

Written by Martin Bubanović, the review marks an important milestone for the project and for the recognition of multimodal forms of academic knowledge. It is the first time that a review of a film essay has been published in a traditional academic journal.

📖 Read the full news here to access the edition: https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/34526-medemap-essay-receives-its-first-academic-review-in-media-studies

02/09/2026

🎬 FilmEU Imagination Challenge 2026 is open!

The FilmEU Imagination Challenge 2026 invites students from all disciplines and backgrounds to join international, interdisciplinary teams and develop an original film event for a specific audience.

It includes:
- collaborate internationally
- develop a real-world idea
- get guidance from academics and industry professionals
- present the idea at the FilmEU Industry Summit in Dublin.

Selected participants will have travel and accommodation covered.

📅 Apply by 23 September 2026

Read the full news here 👉https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/33093-call-for-filmeu-imagination-challenge-2026

31/08/2026

CICANT researcher Ana Jorge and PhD student Filipa Neto contributed to a recent article exploring the growing interest in digital disconnection and the emergence of offline spaces and communities in Lisbon. 📵

The article looks at digital fatigue, face-to-face interaction, and the changing relationship between technology and urban life, highlighting insights from both researchers.

Read the full article through our website news 👉https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/32913-cicant-researcher-contributes-to-article-on-digital-disconnection

26/08/2026

🤖 Generative AI in Higher Education

The AI Literate project has published four national reports exploring how higher education communities in Italy, Portugal, Poland, and Croatia are experiencing and responding to Generative AI.

The reports highlight the need for redesigned assessment, stronger critical-thinking and verification skills, and shared institutional responsibility.

🇵🇹 A note on the findings from the Portuguese report is also available on the CICANT LinkedIn and X pages.

Read the four national reports on the website news here 👉https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/32912-ai-literature-project-publishes-four-national-rountable-reports-on-genrative-ai-in-higher-education

24/08/2026

🎨 YouNDigital training inspires student-created mural at Filipa de Vilhena School

The YouNDigital – Youth, News and Digital Citizenship project continues to leave its mark beyond the classroom. Following the "Reading and Writing the World" training programme developed with Filipa de Vilhena School in Porto, Visual Arts students created a mural that creatively reflects the project's key themes: news literacy, algorithms and artificial intelligence.

The artwork now stands as a lasting visual legacy within the school, encouraging the entire community to reflect on critical media literacy and digital citizenship.

Read the full news here 👉https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/28099-youndigital-training-inspires-artistic-mural-created-by-students-from-the-filipa-vilhena-school

17/08/2026

🌍 LabCLIP/CICANT fosters dialogue on Portuguese-speaking cultures and decolonial perspectives

Throughout 2026, LabCLIP/CICANT promoted a series of initiatives dedicated to Portuguese-speaking cultures, African Studies and critical perspectives on colonial legacies.

Highlights included:
- the third edition of the Entre Culturas cycle;
- the International Conference on Studies of Portuguese-Speaking Cultures;
- the Second Summer School on African Studies in Portuguese.

Read the full news here 👉https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/agenda-news/news-events/27742-labclip-promotes-dialogue-on-cultures-of-portuguese-and-african-studies

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